and then, of course, we had the debt ceiling showdown. then it culminated with this fiscal cliff and created what's coming in march. what's coming in march, matt, take all the fights we had separately and put them all in one fight and expiring all at the same time, debt ceiling, funding the entire federal government, that expires. >> and i thought david brooks column was powerful and eye opening. kelly mentioned something he said but he said if congress couldn't make a single tough decision under these circumstances, why should we think it will make any further down the road? more likely, there will just be more squabbling and brinkmanship, more posturing and punting, which would not only poison future budget talks, chuck but also prospects for immigration reform, tax reform, gun control and many other projects. not a rosie picture. >> it isn't. i'm trying to figure out the relationship between, for instance, house speaker john boehner and the white house is terrible. let's not pretend they can get anything done. yet you still have to get